President, SpaceLogistics
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Leading the MRV mission
A communications satellite in geostationary orbit runs on a fixed tank of fuel. When the tank nears empty, the satellite gets nudged into a graveyard orbit and switched off, even if its electronics still work. On July 21, a SpaceX Falcon 9 launched a robot designed to change that.
Updated Jul 21
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